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...institute will use the money to fund a three-year program devoted to basic research, vaccine development and treatments to block mother-to-infant transmission of HIV, he virus that causes AIDS. The money will also fund a program to train AIDS researchers from southern Africa, which has been hit especially hard by AIDS, according to an Oak Institute press release...
...religious ritual in Islamic and Jewish communities worldwide. Circumcision became popular in the U.S. in the early 1900s, in the belief that it promoted good hygiene and discouraged masturbation. World War II veterans swore by its health benefits in unsanitary tropical conditions. Currently, more than two-thirds of U.S. infant boys are circumcised...
...Vincent (Cory Buck at seven, Jonathan Jackson at 16) dare to pretend that life goes on. But Beth makes a career of her guilt and grief; she builds a mausoleum for her lost child and moves into it. She sleeps all day and leaves the tending of her infant daughter to the two males in the house. In a nice vignette, young Vincent comes home, sees that his sister is being ignored, picks up her rattles and puts them in the playpen, then walks through the foyer, knocking over a vase that smashes on the floor as he passes...
...move from the HLS site, the daycare center, has gained two additional classrooms, including an infant room for children as young as three months...
PREGNANT PAUSE Want another child? There may be an optimal time to try. Researchers reported last week that women are most likely to produce a healthy, full-term infant if they conceive 18 to 23 months after the birth of their previous child. That works out to about 2 1/2 years between kids. Conceiving after, say, six months increases by 40% the risk of low birth weight or premature delivery. After 10 years, the risk jumps even higher...